Collar-fastener.



G. B. A- SGHAEFBRQ I COLLAR PASTENEE. APPLIUYATION FILED MAR. 11, 1908.

Pa tefitedDec. 20, 1910.

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UNTTET s ra ns P TENT @FIFTQE.

CHARLES B. A. SCHAEFER, OF NEV ZOE-K, N. Y.

COLLAB-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1. CHARLES B. A. Sormnrnu, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York. in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in CollarFasteners ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar fasteners or more especially that classof devices which is used to more easily adjust a collar so that it canbe readily fastened on the collar button of a shirt as will be morefully described in the following specification setforth in the claim andillustrated in the drawings, where the same reference charactersdesignate the same parts in the different views and where Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a side view of thefastener with the aws opened to grasp the button. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view of same showing how the collar is placed onits button. Fig. l is a detail front view of the jaws.

This device is intended to overcome the difficulty experienced in thefinal act of buttoning a collar on the collar hand of a shirt and by theuse of this fastener a sufiicient amount of leverage is secured toeasily accomplish same.

The device consists of a cylindrical case 5 of such size as may beeasily carried in the pocket and having a closed and an open end, theformer being perforated to permit of the movement therein of a plunger 6secured to an outer shell 7 while the open end permits of the play ofthe spring jaws 8 secured to the other end of the plunger and controlledby same. The outer ends of these jaws curve inward toward each other andare notched to permit the ends to grasp the head of the button. Theinterior of the outer case 7 is provided with a washer or pins 9 andbetween same and the head of the case 5 is confined a coiled spring 10to force the case outward. When the two cases are extended the bellshaped mouth 11 of the inner case engages and compresses the jaws 8 sothat they grasp the head of the collar button as shown in Fig. Thisextension is accomplished by the tension of the spring 10 but when it isdesired to have the device grasp the head of the button the case 5 isheld in two fingers while a third finger presses the end of the outercase 7 and the spring 10 is compressed and the spring jaws Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed March 11, 1908.

Patented Dec. 20, 1%10.

Serial No. 420,410.

3 are permitted to spread in consequence of the bell 11 leaving the jaws8 as shown in Fig. 2.

To operate this device it is run through the button hole of a collar andallowed to grasp the button as above described and the button hole isthen slipped over the bell l1 and on the shank of the button.

It is often the case that when the collar fits tightly it may have to bedrawn about the neck to cause the hole to reach the button. This devicereadily performs this action and readily permits of the release of thecollar when it is in position to be placed on the button.

The tube 7 is tapered at one end as shown at 7" so that when using thedevice the walls of button holes in collars, cuffs or the like can beeffectively separated when the said tapered end is driven or movedthrough such holes in order to effect a passage which will readilypermit of the entrance of the bell shaped mouth.

From the construction of the device described it will be seen that byproviding the tube 7 to produce the tapering portion terminating in apoint, such end of the device can be passed through the buttonhole to enlarge the same before the insertion of the bell-shaped end of the tube 5into the hole. By constructing the tube 5 of uniform diameter and with abell mouth and with a plunger fixed within the pointed end of the tubeand having aws forming in configuration to and adapted to fit within thebell mouth and of a radius less than that of the mouth, and the jawshaving such a length longitudinally when placed within the bell mouththat will be disposed wholly within the plane of curvature of the outersurface of the bell mouth so that the edge of the collar button inriding over the bell mouth will pass onto the button without contactingwith the jaws.

hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

A collar fastener including two telescopic tubes, one of said tubeshaving a portion of gradually decreasing diameter toward one end and aportion of uniform diameter, the portion of reduced diameter terminatingsubstantially in a point to permit the passage of the device through acollar button opening. the second tube being slidably mounted in theportion of uniform diameter of the first mentioned tube, that end of thesecond tube remote from its connection with the first tube having a bellshaped mouth, a plunger fixed at one end in the pointed end of the firsttube and extending loosely through and within the second tube, saidplunger being within the second tube divided to provide opposite awshaving their terininal ends bent to fit within the curvature of the bellmouth and having a length approximately equal to the longitudinal extentof the bell mouth, the free end of the terminal of each jaw beinginwardly bent to provide a hook end, and a spring housed within thefirst mentioned tube and operating to force the tubes apart to cause thebell mouth of the second tube to practically inclose the curvedterminals of the jaws and force their hook ends together, the curvatureof the jaws being on a less "adius than that of the bell mouth and saidaws having such a longitudinal length that when housed within the bellmouth their tree longitudinal ends will be arranged wholly within theplane of curvature of the outer surface of the bell mouth, whereby theedges of the collar button opening in passing over the bell mouth willavoid contact with the jaws. In testimony whereof, I atlix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES B. A. SCHAEFER. lVitnesses JAMES F. DUHAMnL, MAE V. CLINTON.

